Suwailim Amini

Suwailim Amini (5 June 1967-12 December 2001) was a member of al-Qaeda from Saudi Arabia.

Biography
Suwailim Amini was born on 5 June 1967 in az-Zulfi, Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia to a family of Sunni Muslim Arabs. His family followed strict Wahhabism, and he was given a religious education. Amini headed to Afghanistan in 1985 and joined up with the Mujahideen fighting the Soviet Union, and Amini later became a member of al-Qaeda under Osama bin Laden. Amini was a financier of al-Qaeda, using links in Saudi Arabia's oil business to secure funding for al-Qaeda's terrorist activities, and he later became an instructor at the al-Farouq training camp. On 12 December 2001, Amini was killed in the United States' bombing of the camp during Operation Enduring Freedom.